guadagnare
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Vulgar Latin *wadaniāre, of Germanic origin; from Frankish *waiþanōjan, *waiþanōn (“to hunt, graze”) (a calque of Latin petere). Compare French gagner, Catalan guanyar, Portuguese ganhar, cf. also Spanish ganar.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]guadagnàre (first-person singular present guadàgno, first-person singular past historic guadagnài, past participle guadagnàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to earn (a salary, a wage, etc.)
- (figurative) to earn (trust, etc.)
- to gain, to get, to obtain
- Synonyms: ottenere, conquistare, ricevere, meritare, acquisire
- to win (a bet, a point, etc.)
- (figurative) to reach with difficulty
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of guadagnàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
[edit]- guadagnarci (“to look better”)
- guadagnare il porto
- guadagnare il sopravvento
- guadagnare il vento
- guadagnare la cima d'un monte
- guadagnare l'animo
- guadagnarsi
- guadagnare tempo
- guadagnato
- guadagnare terreno
- guadagnare una persona
- guadagno
Further reading
[edit]- guadagnare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- guadagnare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
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